Tag: Book series

I have no words. You’re about to read a full review of This Mortal Coil by Emily Suvada, but I want to state that I’m at a loss for words, even though I’m about to write a bunch of them. This is the biggest takeaway from this review. After I closed the book, I was speechless about what I’d read. And here is why. Title: This Mortal Coil Author: Emily Suvada Series: This Mortal Coil #1 Publication year: 2017 Length: 13 hours 26 minutes Genre: Sci-fi, Apocalyptic, YA, Adventure, Thriller Pace: Fast Story focus: Plot In the future, humanity has found a way to hack into their bodies. Everyone has a panel on their arms that camouflage their DNA with different genes, meaning they can have fangs or grow coloured nails by installing an app. This is achieved by a grown network of cables inside the body that carry nanites, …

While I’m slowly but steadily getting out of my most recent reading slump, nothing like reviewing a book to remind myself why reading is so great. This time is Under the Heavens by Ruth Fox, a new sci-fi trilogy that came out last year with a lot of whales. Disclaimer: Thank you to the publisher and Net Galley for allowing me to read this book for free. All the thoughts and opinions here are my own. Title: Under the Heavens Author: Ruth Fox Series: The Ark Trilogy #1 Publication year: 2022 Length: 11 hours 40 minutes Genre: Sci-fi, Space Opera, YA Pace: Medium Story focus: Character & Plot Hannah Monksman is a caregiver for a group of whales being transported from Earth to their new home in New Eden. The book starts already on board the ship while Hannah is ending another of her social media live streams to update …

This year has been top-notch when it comes to reading. I’m yet to read a book I don’t give 5 stars. One of those honoured is The DUFF by Kody Keplinger. Published over a decade ago, this book was a surprise. I didn’t have many expectations to enjoy the story hence the title: Designated Ugly Fat Friend. We are in 2023, and a book about how every group has a fat and ugly friend probably won’t go down easy. I was expecting an early 2000’s ugly duck story. Although, I was wrong. Title: The DUFF: Designated Ugly Fat Friend Author: Kody Keplinger Series: Hamilton High #1 Publication year: 2010 Length: 7 hours and 30 minutes Genre: Ya, Romance Pace: Fast Story focus: Character Bianca doesn’t want any boy drama in her life. Cynical by nature, she is not looking for a boyfriend, unlike her friends. She prefers staying home instead …

The Dark Matter series by Teri Terry is one of my favourites. I’ve already reviewed the first book on the blog, and as I said there, I had to read the rest. And now here we are. I’ve finished it. I have all my answers, especially to questions I had no idea I had. The best way to describe this series is to imagine an iceberg. Contagion is just the tip, and the story is so much bigger. So much, incredibly bigger. To recap where I left the story – you can read the full review here. A little girl, Callie, has gone missing. Her brother, Kai, is desperately trying to find her. Shay has possibly seen her abduction. While Kai and Shay unite forces to try and find answers for the disappearing, a highly contagious disease breaks out close to home. From here, they go on an unplanned dangerous …

Happy New Year! After my unplanned hiatus in December is time to get back into blogging again. And since I’m still catching up with all the book reviews I never got to do last year, this one comes at a special time. One year ago, I got introduced to the Project Nemesis series by Brendan Reichs. It was part of my first reading experiment, and I had no idea the journey it would put me through. I wasn’t even supposed to finish the series. Although I never had a reading experience like this, hence I’m writing this post. The Project Nemesis by Brendan Reichs is a three-book post-apocalyptic YA series. The story is told from two points of view, Min and Noah, which share something awful. Since their 8th birthday, and every couple of years, they are brutally murdered and come back alive the next day as if nothing has …

Last year I read one of the books I was most excited to pick up. A story told differently. Illuminae by Amy Kaufman and Jay Kristoff immediately went to my wish list once I discovered it was told through a collection of files, transcripts, emails, etc. And for some reason, I never got to review it. Fast forward to 2022, I finally bought Gemina, the second book in The Illuminae Files. But before I jump into it, first, I need to go back to the beginning, to where it all started. Illuminae Pages: 599 Genre: Sci-fi Publication: 2015 Goodreads | The Storygraph Synopsis: This morning, Kady thought breaking up with Ezra was the hardest thing she’d have to do. This afternoon, her planet was invaded. The year is 2575, and two rival mega-corporations are at war over a planet that’s little more than a speck at the edge of the …

The Hunger Games. A series that doesn’t need any introduction. Some people read the books, others watched the movies, and many did both. I did none. I was aware of the basic story behind The Hunger Games: a bunch of kids put inside an arena to fight until death. Although I never wanted to watch any of the movies, I don’t know why, but I never did. Fast forward a few years, and here I am, a die-hard fan of Divergent and the dystopian genre. I knew it was a matter of time until I had to read The Hunger Games trilogy. There was no denying how important this series was for the genre, and it was (still is) so beloved. I had to read it. And this year, I finally archive that goal. Attention! The following review contains spoilers for all three books in The Hunger Games series. You …

As the name suggests, this book has everything to be a terrifying read during the time we are living in. Although it’s not. Despite the name, Contagion by Teri Terry has little to no similarities to real life – and I’m glad it doesn’t, or the author can predict the future! This piece of light fantasy is highly addictive and has infected me to read the rest of the series – now I see where the name comes from! Author: Teri Terry Pages: 480 Genre: Fantasy, YA, Mystery, Apocalyptic Publication: 2017 Synopsis: Callie is missing. Her brother Kai is losing hope of ever seeing her again. Then he meets Shay, a girl who saw Callie the day she disappeared, and his hope is reignited. Their search leads them to the heart of a terrifying epidemic that is raging through the country. Can Kai and Shay escape death and find Callie? …

Back in 2018, I gave myself for Christmas the Collector’s Edition of the Divergent series. And since then, I’ve been meaning to do a reread of the series. I was also planning another reading log type of post, so I merged both ideas. And I’m glad I did because otherwise, all my thoughts while reading Divergente for the first time since 2016 would be lost. The only thing left was to decide when I was going to read it. And Instagram decided for me. I casually stumbled upon the new 10th Anniversary Editions and… oh my… the artwork is BEAUTIFUL! Now, I want to find a reason to justify spending more money on a series that I already own two copies of (the Movie Tie-in Edition in Portuguese and the Collector’s Edition in English). And maybe, just maybe, rereading the story can give me a reason why I should buy …

Reading the entire book series that inspired what once was one of my favourite TV shows of all time was something I wanted to do for a long time. Ever since I discovered that The 100 was based on a book series with the same name, I wanted to spend more time in this virgin version of Earth. I’ve talked about what I enjoyed the most and disliked about the TV show, and now, after almost 3 years, I’ve read the entire book series. I wrote a review for the first book in the series – you can find it here. But since all the others would contain big spoilers, I thought it was better to review the series as a whole. If you want to know all my thought on each of the books, you can find them on Goodreads. Author: Kass Morgan Genre: YA, Sci-fi, Dystopia, Post-Apocalyptic Publication: …

Well, well, well… Here is a review I was expecting to go differently. Back in 2018, I did a joined review of the Ready Player One book and the movie, but since then, I’ve watched the movie I-don’t-know-how-many-times, and my mind started to get blurry about the book. That had to change. It was time to do a reread of what was my past self favourite book EVER! Fast forward last month, it was time to jump back into the OASIS and fall in love once again. Except cupid was taking a vacation. Part of me still doesn’t want to admit that Ready Player One isn’t as amazing as I remember. Maybe because it was the first book I read about video games or, maybe watching the movie right after influenced my opinion on the book. I don’t know. But one thing is for sure, 2018 me was over the …